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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-03-25

Gen. Boulanger has recently given
prizes to the best trainers Of carrier pig
eons in the department Of the Seine.
Pigeon training in France has become n
branch Of the military service, and plenty
of well trained birds are to be found in
the costly and beautiful little establish
ments that have been built for them.
They are furnished with modern i'm
provements and luxuries that vulgar and
ignorant pigeons could never appreciate.
Among the pigeons now in the possession
Of the government are several veterans Of
the siege Of Paris, and n among them
is a genuine old hero. In 1870 this bird
was taken up in the Paris balloon called
the Niepce. and was captured by the
Prussians. Prince Frederick Charles sent
him as a present to his mother, the Prin-
cess Charles Of Prussia, who put him
among her own collection Of birds, where
he was treated with all possible kindness.
But h. was a patriot. The bitter bread
of exile did not agree with him. lie flew
away and reached his home in a pigeon
house in the Boulevard Clichy. The own
err OF this establishment banded him
over TO the military authorities, and he Is
now once more in the service OF his ma
tive country, and doubtless hopes 10 win
additional glory in the future. -New York
Sum.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-03-25
Exercising the demon Of PRIDE


A miller woman named Jallu had four
children, two sons and two daughters.
The elder daughter. Esther Jallu. was
pretty and conscious of the fact. She
had also some education, and was a great
favorite in the village, where the other
inmates Of the mill We're disliked and
feared. One day her family began Ia as
sumo that she was possessed of the de-
mon Of pride. There was an evil spirit
in Esther's body, and the brothers Jallu
declared to everybody that they would in
some way drive IL out. After Illuminating
upon the matter for some time they
barred the doors of the mill. and. Selling
their sister, threw her on the floor. One
Of them held her down while the other
bored holes in her with an augur. The
demon was TO escape m of her body by
these openings.
While the screams of the tortured girl
were half drowned by the noise Of mill
stones turning rapidly. two women-the
mother and siSter-were actually kneel.
ing beside her PRAYING for the success Of
the operation. Four holes were bored
one in tlg forehead. one in the body and
one in each leg. Whether these ignorant
peasants really imagined that they could
thus drive the demon Of pride u Of
their sister. or whether they p~remeditated
the murder they committed, mattered
very little for Either. who. Of course.
died under the operation. The gend-
armes were at once informed of the &c
%currence, and, the inmates Of the mill
having been seized. they were sent to a
madhouse. Paris Cor. London Standard.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-03-25
Superstition Among tho Poles.

There isa venerable superstition among
Polish people that when a croS aiightso on
q house II portends death TO u or more
OF the occupants. When. about 8o'clock
Thursday morning a couple Of birds OF
this species were deserted calmly rerchcd
on the roof of one Of Poland's sons ON
Racine street, north Of Brady, the neigh
borhood, which is inhabited almost en-
tirely by Poles, was thrown into the
greatest excitement. In less than half
an hour the street was filled with people,
the proportions of the crowd attracting
the attention Of the police. Hostile dem
onstrations caused the sable hued birds TO
fly to an adjoining roof. Up popped
an upper story window in the next
house, a woman's head appeared, and in
evident alarm the woman waved an apron
meaningly at the birds of evil omen"
Instead Of being frightened away the
crows took the waving Of the apron as a
mark If welcome and changed their po-
sitisn from the roof of her neighbor to
her own housetop.
BY this time the excitement of the
crowd below had grown to fever pitch.
Women were shedding tears or mumbling
a prayer, while little children chung to
their skirts. unable to make out what
was the matter. Men and women were
gathered in knots, all gesticulating and
jabbering at once. but all keeping a
weather eye open and a pocketful Of
stones ready in case the birds should steer
for their own premises. Finally the
crows began to fly from house to house.
and then there was a shower Of stones a.
thick as hail. men. women and boys
being engaged in the fusillade amid the
most Undesirable excitement. The birds
flew from house Ia house until they had
had taken in the entire square. Finally
they distanced their yelling pursuers.
As the Isople returned to their homes
many Offered prayers for themselves and
families. One old MAJ who believes in
the superstition said in his broken Eng
lish:
1T must Ike So. now. that we all die.
You see, some terrible sickness spread
among IT.. Milwaukee Sentinel.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-03-25
Natural Gas "A Nuisance In 1897.

In 1897 there lived in Washington
county a farmer by the name Of McCook.
an uncle II the famous Gen. Arson G.
McCook, the present secretary Of the
United States senate. McCook's farm was
situated on the old national pike. eight or
ten miles mi of Brownsville. In attempt
ing to dig a well a short distance back
from the pike, he struck a large flow Of
natural gas. This by accident became
ignited, and the flame it gave forth scared
the horses passing ON the pike and many
runaways occurred. This went on for
some time until the authorities in that
section passed an ordinance s~tigmatizing
it as a nuisance and compelling McCook
to suppress il as such, which lac did. Thus
what the citizens Of Pittsburg nov con-
slider the greatest discovery OF the Nine
tenth century, just half a century ago
the citizens Of Washington county con-
sidered the greatest nuisance. = ittsburg
Times.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-03-25

Chinese Meat shops In san Francisco,
One cannot walk more than a block in
any Of the Chinese streets without com
ing upon a meat shop. Its odor greets
the nostrils long before the eye has taken
in the collection of dainties that appeal 10
the Chinese epicure. The most con
spicuous article is fresh pork. cut up
into small pieces. Then there is a great
variety Of dried and smoked poultry. I'M
ported from the Flowery Kingdom, the
favorite being the domestic goose. Brains
Of sheep and beef. liver and unwhole-
some looking patties, which seem to he
first cousins to the English meat dump
ling. arr artistically arranged on little
counters.
The Chinaman is nothing it MT rpicu-
a He Iqy, the highest price for the
early dainties in market. and he has the
southern ncgro's fondness for chickens
''fryin' size" In early days in the
mines. when vegetables were a luxury.
| have known Chinese miners To pay 81
apiece for small cucumbers. Of which
they are excessively fond. They are lib
eral patrons Of the hucksiers that carry
fruit and melons through the quarter,
for. despite his economy in other ways,
John Chinaman can seldom resist the
temptation offered by a ripe watermelon
or n luscious peach.-Georgc II. Fitch
in The Cosmopolitan.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-03-25

Nor long since Mr.. Jefferson Davis
was invited 10y n Vicksburg rifle com
pany to go to Washington az its guest
10 witness the great national drill.
Mr.. Davis answered: 81 beveI expect
to see Washington again. Ii has been
a great many years since | was there
and the country has undergone many
changes. IL would he very pleasant
To view the scene- 10 and about WASH
ington. which was once 20 familisr to
me though doubt II | would hardly
recognize the city nov as 1t has
so improved and grown into a mag.
niicent city. shall never again see
Washington. am getting too old "a
travel
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-03-25
The Father of GambettA.

The father Of Leon Gambctta, who is
still living at Nice, "a years old, bears a
striking resemblance TO his illustrious
son. He has consented 10 the removal OF
the latter's dust 10 the Pantheon, at
Paris. on condition that the three sons Of
his daughter le authorized to bear the
name Of Gamlrtta; for he says, ~
am the only hearer Of that name now,
and ] do not want IL 10 die out. N.
Gambetta has u small fortune Of money
saved while he was In business at Cabors,
and ekes out a comfortable income by
selling the produce OF his garden OF
oranges and lemons.-Boston Transcript.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-03-25
Meat Diet In japan.

There is said to be a great increase in
the number Of butcher shops in Toxic,
with upper rooms in which the meat is
cooked for customers. The Japanese
have a strong belief that the superiority
of foreigners in energy and physique is
entirely due to a meat diet, hence a large
number Of the residents are training to
become Sullivans by eating literally Of
the nee neglected flesh.-San Francisco
Chronicle.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-03-25
HJApAS, with nearly 40, OOo,o 900 peopl

kJAPAN, with nearly 1908, 900 people,
has only SIS 900 head Of cattls aud
LOO, 600 horses, and il without mules,
swine or sheep. We have two head OF
horned cattle to every three persons.
The Japanese have 500 persons to each
head OF bovine sock. We have one
horse or mule h every four persons.
They have only one horse 10 thirty
three persons, or sheep they have no
knowledge, as they wear no wooden
clothing or eat no mutton. swine
meat Is as much an sbomination to
them a. IL IL to the Brahmins.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-03-25
The True Gentleman.

But the true gentleman nowhere shows
his superiority to other men more strik-
ingly than in his behavior toward those
who have given him cause for offense.
There is solid truth in the quaint old
Scotch proverb; Its aye guide to be
ceevil, as the auld wife said when she
beckit to the devil" In society, to treat
with marked GOODNESS those whom we do
not like is disrespectful to all present.
George L. Carey.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-03-25

BRADsrREET's report OF strikes for
the first two months Of this year com.
pared with the corresponding months
OF last year, plainly indicates a SUI
premacy Of demagogueS and a pre-
dominance OF bad and costly counsel
among labor organizations. For the
period named in 1855 there were
"a strikes; in 1887, 1876 strikes. So fsI
this year sO,OOO men have struck and
returned 10 work without benefits.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-03-25

Brethren" said Sam Jones to his
Boston audience, II think too much Of
cultured Boston to rebuke an audience,
but down south the people don't leave
the house until the benediction is pro-
nounced." Few natives of the Hub
could administer a rebuke in more gem
tlcmanly terms. Post.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-03-25
Intensity OF Explosive Gases.

As a matter of precaution for the safety
Of employees, work is suspended in Ger.
tain Austrian coal mines, in dangerous
places. during a fall OF the barometer.
it having been proved by experiment that
the quantity and intensity Of explosive
gases greatly increase y the atmospheric
pressure diminishes.-New York Sun.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-03-25

John A. Logan, son ~ the dead SEN
ator, and Miss Edith Andrews, daugb.
ter Of ChauDcey NJ. Andrews, Of
youngstown. Ohio, were married nj
the residence ~ the brides father.
A number Of prominent people attend
cd, and the presents given were very
elaborate and costly, among which
was a check for 5000 from the brides
father.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-03-25
A, Inspiring cope.,,..

Boston Hostess-Did you not think
the allegro movement Of that concerto
by Beethoven most in~spiring2
Friend from the West-Stunningl
And wasn't Mr.. Beethoven himself per-
fectly elegant! Such lovely whisken. !
do wish he'd play againl-Boston Beacon.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-03-25

Rorneo has come into the field Of to-
bacco growing competitors. A recent
shipment which arrived in London from
that colony found ready sale. and was
pronounced to he equal in all respects to
the valuable cigar tobacco produced in
the ~neiGhboring island of Sumatra New
York Tribune.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-03-25
Indian Rric-a-Rrnc.

The scarcity of Indian bric-a-brac in
California is a new phase of the Indian
question. A string Of shell and bone
beads is worth $50, and wampum, frag-
men,s Of bones and other relics are rapid.
ly becoming extinct.-Chicago Times.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-03-25
He Thought Well Of Himself.
'isitor-Are you papa's boy?

visitor-Are you papa's boy'
Sonny-Yes, sir.
Visitor-Are you mammals boy2
Sonny-Yes, sir.
Visitor But how can you be papa's
boy and mammals at the same time?
Sonny after a pause)-Can't a pretty,
nice carriage have two horses?-Boston
Beacon.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-03-25

1T Is reported that the Car received
q letter dated March LIST from the ex-
ecutive Of the Nihilist committee in
forming him that at the sitting Of the
committee on February end he was
condemned to death and that fly
members were appointed to execute
the sentence.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-03-25
Deprndent for Support.

Il hope you will be lenient with me,
judge, said the thief, as he stood up to
he sentenced; II have a good many de-
pendent on me for their support
Children" asked the judge.
mo. Police detectives. Texas Sift-
ings.
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WHOLE NO. $50.

burst in 1887, and the principal men
fed TO Missouri, ajust leetle ahead of the
sheriff" for the first 100 miles or so The
third stage was as a fanatieal brood of pill
layers in Missouri. operating ON the line of
this revelation:
"Behold it is said or written in my laws,
Thou shalt not get in debt to thine enemies;
but, behold, it is not said at any time that
the Lord should not take when He please and
pay as seeineth to Him good wherefore, as
ye are the Lords servants ye are ON the
Lords errand.'
This part of the Lords business was SO well
attended to that there was small war, and
the Mormons were driven to Illinois, where
the fourth phase was developed: A specula-
tion in real estate and politics. This, with
minor rogueries, brought ON the Illinois
war of 1S44-5, and the Mormons went to
Utah. At that time this ceased to be an
American church. From 1S48 to 1873
ninety mine hundredths of the Mormon con-
verts We're from foreign lands, SO tile apostles
and elders were able to establish complete
theocracy From 1860 to 1870 especially the
despotisin was awful. Then the United
States took hand. The Mormon courts
were deprived of their plenary jurisdiction
and the United States courts did the business,
great gain to Gentiles and apostates. Then
the Mormon militia was disbanded, the peni-
tentiary put into the hands OF the United
States marshal and many other things OF like
nature; so all the administration was taken
from the church and its power to hurt re-
duced to trihing minimum. The theocracy
weakened fast after losing the temporal
power, and now the theocrats are ON the de-
fensive. All they ask is to be let alone-to
enjoy what little power is left them and to
take all extr wife occasionally when the
market is favorable And it is really pity,
from an aesthetic standpoint, that national
self respect will not permit our government
to allow them this last privilege, for the
women they bring here from Europe and
the backwools of the south couldn't be
worsted by polygamy. OF course there is oc-
casionally woman of refinement and beauty
imported by these saints, but how they get
one such I can't imagine. The young folks
reared in Utah are often quite pretty. But
as to the new ones from Europe-oh, Venus,
give us relief! I wish you could see the last
lot from Wales. There is one living on Third
South street, near where I board, that is a
type of the worst-the homelest women not
detvA Ined that I ever saw. | will have
to get another boarding house or hire her to
move. And yet she is a type but slightly
exaggerated over the rest of that cargo. Now,
it is really pity to forbid such woman as
that to go into polygamy; for oneninth of a
husband is more than she would get in
white country. But general rules will bear
hard on particular cases; the United States
has character to maintain and must bring
these people to the line.
ROBERT o. BARCLAY.
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Mic Schneider by name, has not been seen by
any of his former associates. He disappeared
as completely as if swallowed up by an earth
quake. For three days Schneider paced the
floor Of the room in which he was confined,
raying and cursing Then he became calm,
made full confession, and has since been trav-
cling in the south, living luxuriously at the
expense of the Chicago Citizens association,
which has subscribed literally to the prosecu-
tion. Almost any day now Mic may be placed
upon the stand to confront his accompliees.
ThA prospects are that score or SO of public
plunderers will ere long join Joe Maekin in
Joliet prison.
As for Joe himself, that adroit person is
just now working little scheme on his own
account. Through the indulgence of the prison
officials he has been permitted to send out
from his prison quarters several hundred
presents for his former friends, and for infiu-
entail men in this city and state at Washing
ton. Joe's offerings are in the form of neatly
polished stone paper weights bearing in gilt
the names of the recipients "Thats cute of
joe" | heard a prominent official remark,
gazing upon his new paper weight, "and I'm
glad to have him remember me- After all,
Joe isn't such bad fellow, and think he
has been sufficiently punished for being the
tool of Others I'd sign petition for his par
don." That is just what the willy Joe wants,
and such a petition will probably be soon in
circulation. A convict who can thus from
his prison cell work a scheme to win the favor
of senator's, congressman, millionaires and
editors, is a pretty sleek person.
MENTOR.
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mrcHAEL cAssrus M'DoNALD.

Mcdonald is really remarkable man. The
manner in which he has controlled the tur
bulent elements that have contributed to his
power, fairly twisting them round his finger
for his own selfish purposes. marks his genius.
His ability in this direction is emphasized by
his escape from the nleshes of the law, which
netted SO many of his associates. States At
torney Grinnell, the prosecutor of the An
archists, says the grand jury came near in
dieting the boss; that time and again the
crooked trail led to his very door, but was
there suddenly lost Mike was not indicted,
and probably viii not be. Somehow he al
ways escapes His secretary and man Fri
day, joe Mackin, had to go to the peniten-
tiary for completely in election frauds, but
Mike was not even arrested.
An instance of his shrewdness, pictur-
esque incident of public jobbery in this sui
generis city of the wild west, is to be found
in the contract let last summer for treating
the court house with Professor Lundborg's
patent stone preserving compound This con-
tract WAS secured by company in which the
boss bookkeeper, one Holland, is an officer.
It called for the payment of thirty cents a
square foot for the painting Of the court
house with the patent preservative, whatever
that may be- When the commissioners let
the contract the superstition was that the job
would cost the county about $50, 900, but later
on the people began to discover that their
court house was vaster structure than they
had ever supposed it. 1t is now claimed that
county supplies. For several years, it now
appears, nobody has been able to get a
county contract without dividing profits with
the officials Thus 81. 900 was paid to officials
for one coal contract. Repairs TO steam
heating apparatus amounted to several thou
sand dollars in excess of the first cost of the
plant. To an obscure and ignorant boiler
maker S100. 600 was paid for work which at
honest prices would not have cost more than
SIC, 600 OF course the boiler maker had to
give up most OF his profits to the horde OF
confederates.
But the plunderers, audacious as they were,
have not had it all their own way. In States
Attorney Grinnell they have met their
match. When il became necessary to the
cause of justice the states attorney swooped
down upon that obscure boiler maker and
took hun IL. This occurred six weeks ago,
and from that day to this the boiler maker
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in the United States, passed by the Kentucky
legislature, for the abolishment of imprison-
ment for debt Other states followed the
example of Kentucky, until now there are
but few, ii any, states in the Union in whicha
debtor may be detained in prison for his debts
excepting in the instance of an overt attempt
at fraud in leaving the state. In 1929 Col. John
son retired from the senate and was elected to
represent his district in the lower house Of
congress. During this period, in the early
part OF the Hthirties, when the mail was car
ried by stage coach and post boys on horses,
certain ones in congress conceived the idea
that it was desecration of the Sabbath to
transport mails on Sunday. They presented
bill to cause all mail employees to suspend
further transmission of the mail from Satur-
day midnight until Sunday midnight A
great cry went up over the country and
especially west of the Allegheny mountains.
Col Johnson was appointed chairman of
the committee to take the matter under ad-
visement, and his report, which congress
afterward adopted by rejecting the bill, was
regarded mastery work on the questions in
conflict even to the present day between the
necessities of the people in good govern
ment and the moral injury in the sanction of
certain laws as bad government. It was al
legged that the report was prepared by Elder
Alexander Campbell, the founder of the Chris
tian church, and warm friend of Col. John
son, and his brother, John T. johnson, who
was an elder and follower of Mr.. Campbell in
the church.
At the thirteenth presidential election, in
1886, on the Democratic ticket, when Martin
Van Buren was elected president, Col. John
son received 147 electoral votes, Francis
Granger n, John Tyler AZ and William
Smith % for vice president No one receiv-
ing majority, the election devolved upon
the senate, which subsequently chose Col.
johnson. At the expiration of his term he
retired to his farm in Scott county, but was
shortly afterward elected to the legislature,
of which body he was a member when he
died in Frankfort i'm November 1850 The
remains We're placed in front of the speakers
stand i'll the house of representatives, and to
an immense congregation of legislators, Off
cials, citizens and visitors from various ad-
joining states, Rev. Stuart Robinson, who
afterward rose into distinguished prominence
in the Presbyterian church, preached q most
powerful sermon upon the life and character
of the deceased. The procession to the grave
was more than a mile in length, headed by
Col. William Preston, of the house, as chief
marshal, and assisted by Gen. Daniel Morgan,
Hamilton Pope, of the senate; e. B. Gather
AMI Robert Todd, of the house, and Gen.
Peter Dudley, of Frankfort, and Gen. John
7. Pratt, of Scott county.
Col. johnson was typical Kentuckan,
about feet 10 inches in height, splendid in
his proportions, but inclining in his latter
davs to corpulence. He was never married, |
but his brothers descendants are numerous in |
the Blue Grass region of Kentucky, and many |
have risen to high positions of honor and |
trust. w. Il. N, JR.